Experimental Nintendo Switch Emulator written in C#

Post by Const-me » Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 10:51 PM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #145

Const-me wrote: post #127

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C++ interop is not supported in modern .NET out of the box, but wasn't too hard to implement as a library: https://github.com/Const-me/ComLightInterop

C++/CLI works perfectly fine on Windows, it was a major milestone for .NET Core 3.0. And then there is WinRT/COM as well.

Indeed, on Windows there’s no need for that library. But on Linux, none of that is available.

I have used C++/CLI long ago for a couple of minor things, and I didn’t like it. The two runtimes, C++ and .NET, are interacting in a weird way, I got an impression it combines worst parts from both C# and C++ languages.

I prefer IUnknown-based COM interfaces ever since. With some care about API design, C# side of the interop is only marginally more complex that it would be with C++/CLI, but unmanaged side is much easier in regular C++, without the CLI.

Post by breakingcups » Mon, Mar 22, 2021, 2:33 PM UTC

MegaDeKay wrote: post #150

IntelMiner wrote: post #142

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There is one emulator currently that does do that, the "XQEMU" emulator for the original Xbox https://xqemu.com/ It's in its infant stages at the moment according to the "Emulation General" wiki and focuses heavily on "accuracy" over performance Other emulators such as CXBX-Reloaded have made larger strides, currently emulating roughly 10% of the software library It's also worth stating, while the Xbox seems like an…

Your information on xqemu is dated. xqemu was forked to xemu a while back. Development of xemu is very active now: many games are now playable with accurate graphics and sound with performance up to native framerates. Improvements to speed and accuracy are coming in on a regular basis. xqemu is basically dead, with its discord shut down and the main developer off the project. Now is a good time play around with xbox…

Interesting, I used to keep up with xqemu but stopped a while back. Do you know what lead to the fork? I can't find it on their website.

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